Why would an email take three days to arrive?

[kranky]

Got an email today from a netzero user. It was sent Monday at 10:09 PM, delivered to me Thursday at 2:10 PM.

Apparently, lax.untd.com sat on it for almost three full days. The email had a 600kb [fixed!] attachment, if that's a factor.

For future planning purposes, does anyone know if this is standard for netzero, or a one-time fluke somewhere along the way? At least I'll know how to plan.



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[Homerboy]

I find it amazing that ANY EMAIL SERVER IN THE WORLD would allow an email with a 600MB attachment to go through at all.

 

[FrustratedUser]

Originally posted by: Homerboy
I find it amazing that ANY EMAIL SERVER IN THE WORLD would allow an email with a 600MB attachment to go through at all.

Haha, true.

 

[DeviousTrap]

I'm surprised that their outgoing server even let an email out with a 600mb attachment.

Damn, someone beat me to it.

 

[shimsham]

big brother? the mpaa?

 

[mobobuff]

Originally posted by: kranky
Why would an email take three days to arrive?

Because it's 600MB.

 

[kranky]

Crap, sorry. 600Kb, not 600mb. I've been in "mb" mode all day writing reports.

 

[kranky]

Oh, don't abandon me now, just because of a simple typo! 😱

 

[n0cmonkey]

It happens occassionally. Not sure about simple reasons, but tarpits can keep email servers busy for hours. :evil:

 

[daveshel]

Misconfigured SMTP connector. The message eventually found its way thorugh another route after bouncing around a while.

 

[Shawn]

netzero?

 

[kranky]

Thanks for the replies. I'll assume it was just a fluke occurrence.